Wedderburn (DD 684) - Naval Cruise Book

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i 1, 1 , g 2 if fig -,E tt I t Y it FRONT ROW llolt to Rlqhtl: Erdman. Reed, Koenig, Phillips. Kluasen, Hanna. Silvey. Fer- roll. SECOND ROW: Knowles, Hoffman. Goeckler, Chiel Purvis, Pennington, Koepke, Emer- son. Marshall. CIC, Combat Information Center hf-, The eyes and ears ol the ship -- is located in one small dark cubicle packed to the overhead with electronics gear, radarmen, and electronic technicians. The technicians iob is to keep every piece of the cam- plicated eguipment operating at peak efficiency so that the radarmen can utilize it to their lzest advan- tage. In addition, the technicians are responsible for all communication equipment on board. Maintaining an up to date navigational pictureg keeping an accurate plot on all contacts: course and speed recommendations to put-the ship on sta- tion: guarding several radio circnitsg keeping an up to date status board: these are just a few of the routine jobs of the men in the CI Division at sea. When maneuvers commence, the job increases manyfold. l l I 4 .t flltl 5 iii I l 3 . ,....:1 4 -Y-I A- ij L f 'W, f cl Xb 1231 ,oft Q .HYDS if. FRIES - TRILS we 1-URN IT ofF ' iii

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' 59 2525, If 'E W5 '25 1 . ' 5575. W 'R ff l' is fg R ' -V fff'-1. is g 4 .. 1-ml 1 KJ FRONT ROW: Hannah- SPo1anski. Frederick. SECOND ROW: Aalberls. Brown. D. H.. Hiatt. Brown. L. L, if FRONT ROW: Hannah, Spolanski. Benny. Frederick. Gales, Reardon. SECOND ROW: Aalberts. Williams, Valociek, Brown, L. L., Hiatt, Piqg, Boeltche These are the communications boys, first the Quartermasters and Signalrnen, who are not Wasting electricity or airing laun- df'Y as some may think, but are sending Siqnals by flag or flashing light. The Radio- men, the code kids, may seem a trifle shell Shocked to a casual observer, but how WOuld you feel if all you heard all day long WHS Dit Dah Dit ? The Yeornen and Per- iiitttaaa s x, U 5 n '34 sonnel men who keep our deep dark secrets locked safely away, amid the up- roar of the typewriters, usually get their paws on 90 per cent of the written work that goes on aboard ship. To these men of the rag, pencil and key goes credit for keeping us in touch with the outside World. Especially when there is nothing around us but ocean.

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